Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Great British Energy - Nuclear · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
- Value
- £19,500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Architecture & engineering · Civil engineering consultancy services (CPV 71311000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 027823-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Mar 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 23 days after the contract date
Description
The Foundation Engineering (fENG) contract provides specialist engineering consultancy services to support Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE‑N) in the early stages of the Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. The contract is intended to deliver focused capability to support completion of RIBA Stage 2 Concept Design and to progress defined elements of the Owner's Scope, including early works and enabling design activities. The fENG Consultant will provide targeted technical interventions, design development, and integration support to de‑risk the programme and maintain schedule ahead of subsequent design and delivery phases.
About the supplier
Ove Arup & Partners Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01312453).